About: Dan Watson

“It’s school, and I take it seriously. But you know, you come here, and it just feels more like you’re at a shop hanging out with your homies all day,” Jones said. “It’s a good feeling.” Enrollment in skilled-trades training programs went up in 2021-22. Learn more in this Associated Press report.

"I have got plumbers that work for me today that make $200,000-plus a year," says a business owner in Seattle. So, why is it so difficult to find workers in plumbing and other skilled trades? "There's this stigma that goes along with getting your hands dirty." Learn about the shortage of skilled-trades workers and the…

Morgan, who is 20, is already working on a job site... He gets benefits, including a pension, from employers at the job sites where he is training. And he is earning $28.36 an hour, or more than $50,000 a year, which is almost certain to steadily increase. As for his friends from high school, "they're…

You might find more northeast Indiana women wearing safety goggles and hard hats on the job with increasing gender diversity in the traditionally male-dominated fields of manufacturing and construction. Northeast Indiana Works released figures Wednesday showing the number of women in manufacturing in northeast Indiana rose from 20,690 in 2011 to 25,055 in 2018 –…